Like many forms of substance abuse, alcoholism develops through stages. which of the following stages is the most advanced and the most difficult to recover from?

Your stages were not present to reference but in a more specific way: Addiction Stage is the physiological stage. This is where the body adapts to alcohol and alters dopamine production. Without it, the body begins a detoxification until replenished. Detox will and can include flu like symptoms, headaches, high AST and ALT liver enzymes which means an impairment of the liver. Also cold sweats , the shakes and often times severe depression. This is the most difficult stahe to recover from. This os when the body os physiologically dependent on alcohol.